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HAT PINNING OUT MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 3', 1896.

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CHARLES H. REID, or DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HAT-PINNlNc-OUT MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,715', datedNovember 3, 1896.

Application filed January 15, 1896.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. REID, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of;Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Pinning-Out Machin es and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers: skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machinesfor pinning out or smoothing out the creases in hat-bodies occasioned bythe felting or sizing operation, and also for wringing the water out ofsaid hat-bodies and drying the same. v

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of this descriptionwhich shall be automatic in its operation and to greatly improve thecharacter of the work done thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved machine with the parts inthe position they occupywhen thel smoothing or wringing roll isoperating upon the tip of the hat-body; Fig. 2, a similar view, butshowing the parts in the position they occupy when said roll isoperating upon the base of the hat-body; Fig. 3, a rear elevation withthe parts in the same position as described with respect to Fig. 1; Fig.4, a plan view; Fig. 5, a central vertical longitudinal section takenthrough the shaft which carries the hat-support, and Fig. 6 a verticalcrosssection taken axially through the powershaft.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

1 is a table upon which is mounted the frame 2. Said table may besupported by any suitable structure. (Not shown.)

3 is a horizontal hollow shaft journaled in bearings 4 in the frame.

5 is a hollow cone-shaped block rigidly mounted on the .forward end ofthe shaft 3, and 6 is an ordinary gas-pipe which passes through thehollow shaft 3 and enters the block 5. At the point where this pipeentersl theblock an offset 6 is made, and the pipe is then extended atan angle to the oset por-- tion and parallel with the wall of the cone,as

serial No. 575,576. (No man shown at 7, this extension being perforatedto constitute a burner, so that gas introduced within the pipe lmay belighted to adord a heating agent lfor the cone. 8 is an opening in therear vertical wallof said block, through which access may be had to saidburner to ignite the gas. (See Fig. 5.)

The gas-pipe above referred' to is supported in any desirable way, as,for instance, by the ceiling of the room from which it depends.

9 is an L-lever'pivoted at the heel to the frame, as seen at 10, theupper end of vsaid lever being provided with any suitable handle 11. `12is a short shaft journaled within the lower arm of said lever.

13 is a worm-wheel tightlymounted on the inner end of the shaft 12, and14 is a crank rigid with the outer end of this shaft.

15 is a lug formed on the frame which acts as a support for the lowerarm of the lever 9 when the latter is dropped.

16 is a spring-actuated dog pivoted within the lower arm of the lever 9.

all `respects it is identical with a correspond-y ing dog shown anddescribed in myLetters Patent, hereinafter to be referred to. When thelever 9 is operated to ulift the lower arm thereof, the said dogwillgli'en said arm is in its highest .p'os'iti'on,spring into a recess'or notch (not shown) inftl'e frame after the manner of an ordinaryspring-catch and retain said lever in its elevated position. 17 is abeveled trip secured on the side of the wheel 13 and adapted, when saidwheel revolves, to

lift said dog 16 out ofthe. notch, thereby causing the arm to drop andrest against the lug 15.

18 is a bracket extending from .the frame 2, and 19 isa bell-crankpivoted tothe outer extremity of said bracket.V k; i..

2 0 is a connecting-rod which ispiv,A 'oted at one end to the crank 14,While the` other endl is pivoted to the bell-crank 19 at 21..

22 is a lever which is pivoted at 23 to the bell-crank 19, and swiveledto the upper end of said lever isa roller-carriage 24.

25 is a roller which is pivoted between ears Vrco I have not' 7 shownthe construction of this dog, since'in dief., A'

28 is aweight suspended by a cord 29, which is attached tothe lever 22at 30. The cord 29 passes over a pulley 31, supported on the bracket 18,and through a hole 32 in the table 1. The function of the Weight 2S isto keep the wringing-roller 25 pressed against the tip of the hat and toalso increase the pressure of said roller on the hat when operating uponthe other portions of thesame. Y

28 is a drip-pan secured in any desirable Way beneath the block 5, so asto catch the drippings from the hat, and 291 is a wastepipe leading fromthe bottom of said pan to any convenient point. v

33 is a worm formed on the shaft 3, which is adapted to engage the teethof the wormwheel 13 and revolve the latter. When the worniwheel 13 hasbeen raised to engage thel teeth Yof the worin 33', which is of courseeffectedv by the L-*lever 9,- and motion is iinparted to the shaft 3,aswill be hereinafter described, the crank 14 will cause the roller 25,through the medium of the bell-crank 19,

lever 22, and connecting=rod 20, to gradually traverse the entire outersurface of the hatbody, it being borne in 'mind that while said rolleris advancing along the incline of the eene-'block said block is keptrevolving, carryiiig with it the hat-body, which is placed thereon, sothat it `will be understood that any wrinkles or creases in saidhat-body will be ironed out and at the same time the water will bepressed ont of said hatbody' and be received withinthe drip-pan.

Owing to the fact that the block 5 is kept heated, all moisture that mayremain in the hat=body after the roller 25 has gone over the same willbe dried ont by the heat of said block, and the removing of the creasesor wrinkles from said hat-'body and the drying one op- 'engaging saidworin=wheel from the worin 38.

It is obvious that in treating hatbodies upon my machine I may startsaid machine with then roller 25 pressing against the tip of thehat-body, or I may start said machine with said roller pressing againstthe base of said body, and therefore l do not wish to be limited in thisrespect, since by changing the location of the trip 17 'with respect .tothe spring-actuated dog 16 either of these ways of starting the machinemay be effected.

The horizontal shaft which carries vthe worin, the worin-wheel engagedby the latter, the L-shaped lever, the means for throwing saidworm-wheel into and out of engagement with the worm, and the system oflevers for ,causing the roller to travel along the hat are struction andoperation as the corresponding parts shown and described in LettersPatent No. 420,961, issued to me February 11, 1890, an d I therefore donot wish to be understood as claiming any such construction in thepresent instance. Moreover, the'means for causing the roller toautomatically travel along the hat is a secondary feature, the gist ofmy invention resting in the provision of mechanism for imparting to thehollow cone 'a vay riable speed, so that all portions of a hatthroughout its circumferential area travel beneath the roller at thesame rate of speed, which latter mechanism I will now describe. As apreliminary to this description, I would say that in hat-pinning-ontmachines as heretofore constructed the speed of varions portions of thehat beneath the pinnin out tool is not the same at any two poin sthroughout the cross diameter of the hat, since the base of the hat insuch machines rovolves faster than the tip. The consequence has beenthat the base of the hat does not get the same benefit from thepinning-*out tool as does the tip,- and, moreover, said tool drags alongthe tip to the extent that the latterV is frequently distorted. It isthe chief aim of my improvement to` obviate this disadvantage, as willbe readily understood from th following description. i

When the Yroller 25 is operating on the tip of thehat-body, a fosterspeed is employed than when said roller is operating upon the base ofsaid hat-body, and said speed is antomatically and gradually changedfrom the faster speed to the slower speed in order to economize time intreating a hat, and the mechanism `for eifecting this chan ge of speed Iwill now describe.V

Referring particularly to Figs. 3, 4, and 6, 34 is a horizontal shaft atright angles to the shaft 3, one end of said shaft 34 being journaled inthe side of one ofY the bearings 4, while the other end of said shaft isjournaled in and supported by a standard 35, bolted to the table 1, and36 -is a collar tight on said shaft, which prevents any lengthwisemovement of the latter.

- 37 is a friction-wheel splined on the shaft 34 in such manner as to becapable of freely ioo IIO

sliding lengthwise thereon, but held rigidly with saidshaft as regardsany rotary movement. (See Figs. 4 and (i.)

38 is a lever swung around the shaft 34, the upper end of said leverbeing bifureated in such 'manner as to straddle and embrace each side ofthe friction-wheel 37, so that when said lever is moved bodily back andforth on the shaft 34 said frictionwheel will be carried with it.

39 is a cam carried by the worm-wheel 13 and 'preferably screwedthereto, as shown at Fig. 3.

40 is an antifrictiomroller which tracks within the groove 40, formed inthe periphery of the cam 39, so that it will be seen that as said camrevolves the lever 38 willbe caused to slide along the shaft 34,carrying with it the friction-wheel 37.

41 is a friction-disk secured rigidly to the shaft 3 by set-screws 42and extending in a plane at right angles to that of the wheel.

'lhe circumference of the wheel 37 is at all times in frictional contactwith the face of the disk 41, and when said wheel is revolved it willtherefore cause the disk and consequently the shaft 3 and parts carriedthereby to also revolve. It will of course be obvious that the nearerthe wheel is to the axis of the disk the greater will be the speedimparted to the latter, and as the wheel is moved outwardly toward thecircumference of the disk the speed of the latter will decrease.

43 is a power-pulley secured rigidly upon I the outer end of the shaft34, from which motion is communicated to the various parts of themachine.

WVhen the shaft 34 is put in motion, the friction-wheel thereon willcause the disk 41 to revolve, carrying with it the shaft 3, and when theworm-wheel 13 is brought into engagement with the worm 33 on the shaft 3said worm-wheel will be slowly revolved, carrying with it the cam 39. Asthe cam 39 revolves the friction-wheel 37 will be moved along the shaft34 by the lever 38, which is operated by said cam, and saidfriction-wheel will be moved farther away from or nearer to the centerof motion of said friction-disk, thus gradually decreasing or increasingthe speed of the latter, as the case may be.

The relative normal positions of the friction-wheel and thefriction-disk with respect to the ironing or wringing roller 25 are suchthat when said roller is operating upon the tip of the hat-body thefriction-wheel is driving the friction-disk from a point near the centerof motion of the latter, as seen in Fig. 4, and when the friction-wheelis working on the disk near the periphery of the latter the roller 25will be operating upon the base of the hat-body. It will thus be readilyunderstood that the roller 25 will travel from the 4tip to the base ofthe hat at a speed which slowly and gradually decreases, while thehatbody itself will at the same time be revolved at a variable speedwhich is directly proportionate to the variable speed at which the toolis carried along the hat. Therefore it will be clearly understood thatthe speed of the hat at the points operated upon by the roller is alwaysthe same, so that the result produced by the action of the roller is atall times uniform.

By securing the friction-disk 41 upon the shaft 3 by set-screws the wearof said disk and friction-wheel 37 may be compensated for by simplyloosening the screws and moving the disk closer against thefriction-wheel and then tightening the screws.

My improvement is of course applicable to hat-ironing, hat-pouncing, andother analo gous machines where it becomes advantageous to secureuniformity in the speed of the hat at all times beneath the operating-Vthis respect.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 1. The combination of the shaft, the hatsupportcarried thereby, and the tool which operates upon the hat from tip tobase or from base to tip as the case may be, with means for revolvingthe hat-supporting shaft and for moving said tool at such relativelyvarying speeds that the entire surface of the hat will be passed beneathsaid tool always at a uniform speed, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the shaft carrying the conical-shaped hat-support,the powershaft, the tool which operates upon the hat, means for carryingsaid tool along the surface of the hat at a speed which uniformly variesin direct proportion to the' diameter of the hat, and connectionsbetween said shafts whereby the shaft which carries the hat support isrevolved at a variable speed which is directly proportionate to thevariable speed at which the tool is carried along the hat, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The shaft carrying the hat-support, the worm and the disk, incombination with the power-shaft carrying the friction-wheel havingcontact with said disk and capable of adjustment along the face of thelatter, the worm-wheel which engages said worm, the cam carried by theworm-wheel, connections between said friction-wheel and cam whereby theformer is caused to travel along the face of said disk, the tool whichoperates upon the hat, and a system of lever connections between saidtool and worm-wheel whereby the tool is carried automatically along thehat at a speed controlled by and directly proportionate to the variablemovement of said wheel, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the shaft carrying the worm, the friction-disk andthe hat-support, the worm-wheel which engages said worm and carries agroove-cam, the powershaft carrying the friction-wheel'whosc peripheryis in contact with the face of said disk, said wheel capable of asliding movement along the power-shaft, the lever one end of whichembraces the friction-wheel while the other end is provided with a rollwhich extendswithin the groove-cam, the tool which operates upon thehat, and a system of lever y' IOO IIO

connections between said tool and worm-M; wheel whereby the tool iscarried automat?fr ically along the hat at a speed controlled by anddirectly proportionate to the variable movements of said wheel,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the shaft carrying the Worm, the friction-disk andthe hat-support, the worm-wheel which engages said 1o the hat, andconnections between said tool and worm-wheel whereby the tool is causedto travel along the hat at a speed directly proportionate to the speedof said wheel, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses J. S. FINCH, EUGENE C. DEMPSEY.

CHARLES YIl. REID.

